The Glory Returns: Pastor Jeremiah Hosford on Preparing for a Move of God
About this episode
Apostle Jeremiah Hosford, lead pastor of Abundant Life Church in Locust Grove, Georgia, joins Philip Cameron to unpack the revelation behind his book The Glory Returns — a prophetic call for the Church to stop functioning without the manifest presence of God. Hosford traces the origin of this message to a divine download he received in 2021, during a season when cities were burning, churches were silent, and the nation was fractured. "The church has learned how to live without the glory," God told him — and that conviction launched a tent awakening that drew a thousand people a night, with hundreds remaining on the ground until 2 a.m. in extended revival. Drawing from Exodus, 1 Samuel, and the Day of Pentecost, Hosford builds a compelling biblical case: just as Moses met God at the burning bush while Israel cried out in bondage, the Church today stands at the same crossroads — a nation crying out on one side, and God calling His people up the mountain on the other. He warns that the Church must sever ties with what he calls the "House of Eli" — a system marked by perversion and performance — where gifting is elevated over glory and the Ark of God is treated as a good-luck charm rather than a transforming presence. Hosford also introduces the "House of Abinadab," where the glory eventually became a bother, and contrasts it with Obed-Edom, whom God blessed daily for hosting His presence. Philip Cameron calls the book essential reading for every pastor and church. Pick up The Glory Returns at jeremiahHosford.com or on Amazon.
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Quotes worth sharing
“The church has been years — they have learned how to operate, how to function. They have learned how to live without the glory. And they have learned how to do everything, to check the list, everything that you're supposed to do, but they don't have the glory. And he said, I want my glory to return back to the church.”
“The first time he sees someone cry out to God in a long time, he accuses them of being drunk. And it's on the day of Pentecost. They come out of the upper room and they say, these people are drunk. And Peter says, we're not drunk, as you suppose. He said, this is that which Joel prophesied about. And what it is — now here's the next change agent, but this time it's not through one man, it's through 120 people called the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, full of the Holy Ghost and the glory of God, going to change the world. And the reason revival is not breaking out like it should — it's because the church is afraid of being accused of being drunk again. And we cannot be afraid of being accused of being drunk and have revival at the same time.”
“God sets revival one step past the threshold of respectability. You can't have your respect and dignity and have the glory of God at the same time, because the glory of God burns up respectability. No flesh will glory in his presence. He will burn it up.”
What's Discussed
Apostle Jeremiah Hosford, lead pastor of Abundant Life Church in Locust Grove, Georgia, shares the revelation behind his book The Glory Returns. In 2021, during a tent awakening that drew thousands nightly, God revealed to Hosford that the Church had learned to function without His glory. Using 1 Samuel, Exodus, and Acts 2, Hosford identifies three biblical archetypes — the House of Eli (perversion and performance), the House of Abinadab (treating the glory as a bother), and Obed-Edom (hosting the glory with blessing) — to diagnose the modern Church and chart a path back to genuine revival. Philip Cameron endorses the book as essential for pastors and Bible study groups.
- God's 2021 Revelation on the Glory
- Tent Awakening and Thousand-Night Revival
- Moses, Israel, and the Burning Bush Parallel
- Hannah's Cry and Samuel as Change Agent
- Accused of Being Drunk: Pentecost and Revival Fear
- Severing Ties with the House of Eli
- The House of Abinadab and the Glory as a Bother
Scripture in this episode
Episode Transcript
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Intro
Philip:Hey, welcome to Daily Faith today. My name is Philip Cameron. And boy, do I have a show for you today. Now, listen to me, listen to what I'm gonna say. I need you to perk up and listen. The Voice of God is gonna speak on this program. I've got a guest, he's a dear friend of mine, and he's written a book that has stirred my spirit.
Philip:When you have a TV show like we do, you have a lot of folk sending you a lot of books, and most go on a shelf that I never take time with. I started reading this book. I've had family from Scotland visiting, so I've been busy with them — they're leaving tomorrow, so the last-minute things. But this book, I just glanced at it two days ago and it was like a vacuum to my heart. It sucked me in, and I've been trying to get back to it and back to it.
Philip:My dear friend Apostle Jeremiah Hosford is on the program with me today. And I haven't had a chance to finish the book, but I'm going to. And I want you to listen now — if you care about your pastor, if you love your pastor, get in contact with him right now. Call him up, text him and say, watch Daily Faith. If he goes on his device, Daily Faith TV, you can go straight on and watch it on his iPhone driving down the road.
Philip:I believe you're going to hear something from a man that has a vision. Not just his church — his church is ridiculous. I've been there two times, and the morning service finished at five o'clock in the afternoon, and I didn't even get to preach. I just sat in the front and enjoyed the glory of God. This is one of the hottest churches in this country, moving in the Glory Cloud.
Philip:So I want you to, first of all, take the time to get the book — I'll give you the address later on. But secondly, tell your pastor about this, because you may be the spark plug that will bring revival, that will set the flame burning in your church. Because the Bible — we've got to have revival. We can't go on like this. We can't keep doing what we're doing unless God intervenes. We are lost as a nation. The world is on the precipice.
Philip:You don't understand — you see this stuff over in Russia and Ukraine. We've got a mission home in Ukraine. It's way worse than you could ever imagine. World War III could start in a tick because there's so many hotspots. China with Taiwan — I mean, it's all over the world. And the Bible says that the whole Earth will be filled with his glory. That's not a casual word, that's an experience. And my dear friend today, Apostle Jeremiah Hosford, is with me. You need to watch this program and you need to get your pastor to watch it as well.
Philip:If you're watching us on the TDA Network, on WCLF in Tampa, WFGC in West Palm Beach — hello, Mr. President — WRXY in Fort Myers, in Tulsa, we are on there regularly. Be watching for us. We are also on the Integrity Network, the Journey Network, the WGGS Network. So wherever you're watching us today, we are so delighted to have you with us. We just use this warm-up time before we actually start the program to kind of give you a heads up.
Philip:This is it. Write this down. This could be a very important program in your life. We're gonna have a great day today. We've got some great news coming from Moldova. My granddaughters are flying, as we speak, on the way back from Moldova. They just spent the summer in the mission field and they're getting ready to go back to school. And it's changed their lives — living with orphan kids, being out in villages preaching the gospel to kids that have never heard the gospel. Two American spoiled kids have had their life changed by being with orphan kids in Moldova.
Philip:I am thrilled, thrilled at what God is doing in my family. I'm delighted to have you with us. You can enjoy this program today. Stay tuned. Call a friend, call your pastor. Welcome to Daily Faith.
Philip:Hey, welcome to Daily Faith today. My name is Philip Cameron, and I am delighted to have you with us. We are seeing God do something amazing in this country. In the darkest days, that's when the light shines the brightest. I've got a guest today that I can't wait to let you meet. He is the pastor of an amazing church called Abundant Life Church in Locust Grove, Georgia. Apostle Jeremiah Hosford is with me, and he's written this book that if you don't have this book, you are missing out on God's rhema for this generation.
Philip:We're gonna be talking to him in the next few minutes, and I think you need to stay tuned and get involved with the glory of God that's gonna fill the whole Earth. I can't wait for him to explain even further to us. As you know, we've got a mission work in Moldova. God is doing some incredible things. My two grandkids, Ally and Kara, 16 years old and 13 years old — I sent them over early this year, the summertime. And they've been in camps, literally sleeping on the ground in villages where there's no sidewalks and no lamps and no flushing toilets.
Philip:And along with a bunch of orphans that we've rescued — listen to me — orphans who have come to us and become sons and daughters who are now missionaries. And all through the summer, they go out into camps and into villages with no gospel witness, and they share the gospel. Orphans carrying the gospel — that's the most amazing thing I've ever heard. And my two granddaughters went with them and spent the whole summer just being with them, and had their minds blown by what our kids can do in Moldova and the results of kids coming to Jesus Christ.
Philip:They just sent me a video the other day and it just blew my mind, and I have to share it with you. Watch this.
Philip:Isn't that just wonderful to watch? Our kids — not an adult in the whole place. Our kids arrange these camps by themselves. Do all the skits, do all the programs, do the church services, play the music. Our local church here just had VBS for three days and it like to kill the church. My wife spent months building — this year was a Lego theme — and she spent months making these blocks for the church. And our church was exhausted after three days.
Philip:Our kids — orphan kids that we've rescued — spend the entire summer, week after week, going into the villages. Every home that we have, we've got an amazing place called Vatra Village. A place with houses right on the largest lake. It was built for rich folks, and they poisoned that lake with algae, with chlor algae. And the houses were never finished, and we bought them and finished them. And we take these kids from the orphanages and they get saved — radically saved. Every girl you see right now is worth $300,000 if a trafficker gets them.
Philip:And so these kids go out and evangelize, and each of our houses at Vatra adopts a village in that country. So for a whole year, they find out every widow in the village, every broken family. And it's just the most amazing thing that orphan kids can have such an impact for the kingdom of God.
Philip:So we are just excited, and we need you to help us right this minute. We've just bought two new houses. We had a terrible thing happen this last year. A young girl came to us — Maria — and she came from a horrible place. They asked us to take her in at 14, which is younger than we were allowed to take them in, and they found out about her. We put her back to the village where she came from, and Maria was gang raped. And it just destroyed our lives.
Philip:And the houses you look at right now — we bought these two houses to take kids between the age of four and 16. So we can't wait to get this started. We just made a payment last week. We are thankful that God has met that need for those two homes. And there's a great big barn there that we're turning into a youth camp. And these houses will house 50 little kids between the age of four and 16. That house is about 80% finished, the other one is completely finished. So we need you to help us if you could.
Philip:We can't open this house until it's finished. We're gonna repaint all those horrible colors, but we're gonna open that house, and we need 300 people to give a dollar a day to pay for that house. So let the Lord speak to your heart. You can save a life for $1 a day. Everything we've done — all the villages, all the vans, the house in Ukraine, all the stuff we've done — has been done because someone gave a dollar a day.
Philip:And if you'd like to give a capital gift to help us make one more payment on these houses, if you'd like to help us with that, please get in contact with us. The address is real simple: PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee, 37716. You can also go to DailyFaith.tv — there's a giving page there — and there's an 800 number: 833-DAILY-FAITH. Just dial 833-DAILY-FAITH. And by doing so, you can make a miracle happen in someone's life today.
Philip:Please help us. These are critical days for our mission work. Summertime is always a desperate time, and we are excited to see what God's gonna do and how he's gonna meet the need and get us through to the other side, to finish these homes, to take 50 more kids in.
Philip:I'm delighted to let you meet this friend of mine. He's a great man of God. I've been traveling in this country — I came to America in March of 1969. March the 12th, I found this stamp in my passport, the visa stamp. I came with my dad and we had been shaken mightily by the Holy Ghost. We were called the Glory Folk in Scotland. Had a tremendous revelation. We came to America. Our praise songs in the beginning were the songs that were part of the charismatic awakening in the Catholic renewal — that was where we were part of.
Philip:So I recognize when someone is moving in the anointing of the glory. I see it. I can taste it. It's part of my DNA. This man is working and moving and living in that realm. Apostle Jeremiah Hosford is the lead pastor of Abundant Life Church. And he has been a great man of God and he's a great friend of this ministry. Pastor Jeremiah, I'm delighted to have you with us. Welcome to Daily Faith.
Jeremiah Hosford:Hey, thank you so much, Brother Philip. I appreciate you having me on today. And I'm telling you, I just want to give thanks to God, I wanna give thanks to the church, thanks to you. But I also wanna encourage every single person that's watching — watch till the end, because God is going to do something significant in your life today. So thank you for having me. I'm so pumped to be on the show today, and I really appreciate what you guys are doing, not only here in America but all over the world. You're changing lives and we appreciate it.
Philip:The thing is, unless the glory works in you and has it — Jesus said when he spoke, the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me. The anointing is not just to make us get goosebumps or fall on the floor. Our anointing is an enabling anointing to change the world. And that's what God has led us to do. And everyone has their own part to play in the kingdom. But your church has been a mighty supporter of our ministry, and I want to thank you for that, your generosity. You gave an offering one time that literally opened the doors to one of our homes that is now open and still operating today.
Philip:Let me get to this. I really want to hear what you've got to say. This book — you need to get this book. It talks about the glory returning. And as I said, I get books. We are on the list of all the book companies that want us to have guests on Daily Faith, and frankly, most books I never even open. I opened this book two days ago and it has drawn my spirit. I said to Andrew today, I said, when I leave today, give me that book. I'm taking it back home with me because I started reading it, Jeremiah, and I began to just feel a stirring in my spirit.
Philip:And that doesn't — I mean, it takes, when you've been around a while, you recognize it. Tell me, how on earth did God show this to you, about the glory returning?
Jeremiah Hosford:You know, Philip, it was back in 2020, and I can remember everything that was happening with the church. COVID was happening and many churches were locked down. And there was all kinds of things happening all over the world. People were dividing over their skin colors, the cities of America were starting to burn. And in many cases — not all, but in many cases — the church was silent. You couldn't hear anything from the church.
God's 2021 Revelation on the Glory
Jeremiah Hosford:And anyway, during that time, I can remember just having a grief in my spirit over this. And I began to seek God. And in the spring of 2021, we were going to have what we call a tent awakening here. And we set up a big tent out there. And I remember seeking God and I said, God, you have to have a word for the church right now. I know you want to say something. This cannot be our final chapter. This is not the end. You said you'll build your church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.
Jeremiah Hosford:And so I began to seek God, and he began to speak to me. And when he began to tell me, he said, son, the church has been years — they have learned how to operate, how to function. They have learned how to live without the glory. And they have learned how to do everything, to check the list, everything that you're supposed to do, but they don't have the glory. And he said, I want my glory to return back to the church.
Jeremiah Hosford:And Philip, it was as if all of a sudden the whole revelation that you see in that book, written down on those pages, hit my spirit in about five seconds. It was a complete download. And I began to open the Bible and it just popped out at me. And I mentioned that tent awakening because I started that tent awakening with that series — The Glory Returns, the glory of God. And God hit that tent and we would have a thousand people a night in that tent. It'd be two o'clock in the morning and there'd be two or three hundred people on the ground. And we went into several weeks of revival.
Tent Awakening and Thousand-Night Revival
Jeremiah Hosford:And I thought it was just for that time. And the Lord began to speak to me, and what he was letting me know is, even though he used it to really break things open — he used that revelation to break things open in the tent awakening — really what it was is I had a revelation that was before its time. In other words, it was ahead of time. And that he was going to use this and put it into a book, put it into a form in which it could be sent all over the world. And as people grabbed a hold of this revelation, God was going to send the glory back to the churches of America and back to the churches all over the world.
Jeremiah Hosford:And so I began to seek the Lord, and I put it in a book. And that is that revelation right there that's in that book. I'm telling you, Brother Philip, I've written several other books, but this one right here — the oil is all over this book.
Philip:You took the words right out of my mouth. I said the difference with this book is the oil is on this book. And the thing that got to me, that talked to me, was the dangers and the opposition to the glory — complacency, being satisfied with where you're at right now. And you used the example of Moses when he ran away from Egypt because he killed an Egyptian. And he ended up staying with a man called Jethro. And he was content, rather than go back to his calling and work and move in the glory that God had ordained for him. Until that burning bush came and the glory of God revealed himself, he was happy to spend the rest of his life looking after someone else's sheep. He was content being in Jethro's house.
Jeremiah Hosford:Crazy. And what the Lord spoke to me, and what I write about in this book, is that the Bible says in the beginning of Exodus that the nation of Israel begins to cry out to God because of their bondage. It grows so strong on them that they begin to cry out to God, and God hears them. So a nation is crying out, and at the same time a nation is crying out, God is setting up an appointment with a deliverer on top of a mountain. These two are happening at the same time.
Moses, Israel, and the Burning Bush Parallel
Jeremiah Hosford:And in the book I talk about how this is exactly where we're at in the United States of America. The nation is crying out on one side, and God is calling his church on top of a mountain to have an appointment with him, so that they can look into the fire and the glory can rest on them, and he can send them back to Egypt so that he can rescue a nation one more time.
Philip:And it seems that there are ebbs and flows. Israel gets revived and then it backslides, and gets revived and then it backslides. But the amazing thing, as I began to think through the process of the thought that you sparked in my spirit, is that the grace of God — he's always waiting, he's always willing to give it again, to bring his people back to himself. Because that's the heart of God. And you shared about Eli in the temple — when Hannah went there, she was blessed and she was barren. Her husband loved her more than Peninnah, but she was barren. And the church has never been more blessed materially, but we're barren.
Hannah's Cry and Samuel as Change Agent
Jeremiah Hosford:Right. God still has the command — the first command given to man: be fruitful and multiply. And that command is still applicable to the church, to our current time. And what I love — I've always been fascinated with the Book of 1 Samuel. I love that book, especially the first three chapters. But what is so fascinating about the first chapter is that we have a woman that God has literally allowed to be barren, because he's wanting her to begin to cry out to heaven for an answer. God uses her cry to heaven for her answer to also give his answer to the earth.
Jeremiah Hosford:And so she gives birth to a son named Samuel. But Samuel is not just any son. Samuel is a change agent. God uses him to bring change to the nation of Israel.
Philip:Yes, sir. But I want to just rewind just a little bit, because while Hannah is crying out to God, she is accused of what?
Jeremiah Hosford:She's accused of being drunk. Eli is so backslidden and complacent, and he hasn't seen anybody cry out to God in so long, that the first time he sees someone cry out to God in a long time, he accuses them of being drunk. He has no clue what's happening. But this is not just an event that happens on its own, because the next time that God gets ready to send a change agent in the earth, they are accused of being drunk again. And it's on the day of Pentecost. They come out of the upper room and they say, these people are drunk. And Peter says, we're not drunk, as you suppose. He said, this is that which Joel prophesied about.
Accused of Being Drunk: Pentecost and Revival Fear
Jeremiah Hosford:And what it is — now here's the next change agent, but this time it's not through one man, it's through 120 people called the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, full of the Holy Ghost and the glory of God, going to change the world. And I write about in the book some of the challenge that we have right now in the church, and the reason some of our cities are not changed, and the reason some of our nation is not changed, and the reason revival is not breaking out like it should — it's because the church is afraid of being accused of being drunk again. And we cannot be afraid of being accused of being drunk and have revival at the same time.
Philip:We had a revival break out about 30 years ago in Scotland. And one of our Bible students — she, our church back home was on the second floor, so you went up the stairs. And this young girl, a beautiful young lady, she would walk into the church and the glory of God was so powerful that it knocked her down. She would literally fall down. She would go into the door of the church and fall down. So the people had to climb over her, step over her, to get in the church. And the first couple of nights I said, move her to the side. And one night I was doing that, and the Holy Ghost said, no, leave her where she is. He said, if anyone's too afraid to climb over her to get into my presence, they don't deserve my presence.
Philip:And he said this to me — listen — God sets revival one step past the threshold of respectability. You can't have your respect and dignity and have the glory of God at the same time, because the glory of God burns up respectability. No flesh will glory in his presence. He will burn it up. And we become so image conscious, churches of good guys that are all into how we can present the church. But let me tell you what we need — we need an old-fashioned dose of the Holy Ghost that will sweep and clean the garbage.
Philip:Eli's two sons were having sexual intercourse with women that came to worship God. That's how far gone it was. And when Samuel shows up and says, did you call me? Eli says, go back to your bed. Then when the voice comes again, get back to — he says, well, if the voice comes again, say, speak, Lord, for your servant hears. He was so backslidden and so dead in his spirit that he couldn't even recognize that the God of the universe was trying to speak.
Philip:And you know, in the book I talk about the house of Eli. And for those of you that are going to get the book — and each one of you is gonna buy 10 copies and hand them out to all your friends, your pastor, and everything — I write about how the church has to sever its ties with the house of Eli.
Severing Ties with the House of Eli
Jeremiah Hosford:And I don't — we don't have time to go far into that, but the house of Eli represents two things. It represents perversion and performance. And what the Lord spoke to me is, he said, son, I want you to look at the church for the last 30 years. It has been indoctrinated, it has been completely engulfed with perversion and performance. They have the ark, but they don't have the glory. And the problem with this is that if you are linked or tied to, or completely connected to, perversion and performance, then you're gonna elevate people's gifting over God's glory. And as long as they can sing good, preach good, pray good — perform, in other words — it doesn't matter. And so this is how we have people sitting on platforms that are married with three girlfriends and nobody cares. And this is how we have homosexuals leading worship and nobody cares. And the problem is that God's glory is not in the house, and it's not coming in the house, because he's not going to put his stamp of approval on Eli and his sons.
Philip:Boy, that is so true. I was talking the other day to a pastor, and his denomination is having a terrible time with men that are particularly in the music ministry, and homosexuality is rife. And they don't know how to stop it. And I was thinking, I know how to stop it.
Jeremiah Hosford:But when you have — just like the nation of Israel, they had Eli and his sons, this was who was in charge. And Brother Philip, the challenge is they used the ark like a good luck charm. They really didn't want the God of the ark. They wanted the ark of God to show up when they needed it, but they didn't want it to show up to change them. So here they are, looking at the Philistines, they're about to be completely wiped out, and they say, let's go get the ark, because it was a good luck charm.
Jeremiah Hosford:And I talk about how sometimes in church we really don't want God showing up. But we do want him to show up on Holy Spirit weekend. Or if we have a need, then we get real serious.
Philip:Listen, we need five hours, never mind a 30-minute program. If you're watching this at home, you need this book in your family. You need this book in your church. I suggest to pastors watching just now to order 50 of them for your Bible study. I promise you this — if you go through this book, and I'm not just pushing a book, it's got a hold on me — if you use this book as a textbook for your Bible study, I believe that God will use what he is saying in this book to bring revival to your church.
Philip:You've got to be intentional. You've got to say, we need revival in the church. And so this book is called The Glory Returns. I urge you — you can go on Amazon and get it from there. You can get it from jeremiahHosford.com. You can also buy bulk orders from there. Our ministry — let me tell you, I believe in this — our ministry has just ordered a hundred of these books to send out to pastor friends of mine and ministry colleagues of mine to encourage them.
Philip:Because I'll tell you what, a lot of these great men are stuck and lost in a wilderness and they don't know how to get back. They've gone through the wilderness for 40 years and they're back at the Jordan and it's at flood stage and they don't know how to get over. They don't know how to take that last step. This book will bring you there. And I'm talking from the personal witness of the Holy Ghost in my spirit. And I don't talk about this lightly. I've taken off the last part of the program, so we've got another minute and a half. Share something else that God's been showing you about the glory.
The House of Abinadab and the Glory as a Bother
Jeremiah Hosford:You know, the other thing about what the Lord is showing me about the glory is not only does the church have to sever ties with the house of Eli, but I'm gonna mention this real quick. It also has to sever ties with the house of Abinadab. And if you read the book, you'll notice that's where the ark comes to. But the house of Abinadab — they have the ark for 20 years, and God never once mentions one thing about blessing them. Obed-Edom has the ark for three months and God blesses him every day, because one knew how to host the glory and the other saw the glory as a bother.
Jeremiah Hosford:And the house of Abinadab — when David comes to get the ark and bring it back to Jerusalem, the Bible tells us in the Book of Psalms that he finds the ark in a field behind the house of Abinadab. So the ark had become such a bother to them that they stuck it in a field and just said, let it be what it's going to be. Let it rot. And David comes and finds the ark in a field behind the house, because the glory had become a bother.
Jeremiah Hosford:A bother to the house of Abinadab. And I don't think it started that way, Brother Philip. I think they were honored. They really appreciated the glory being in the house. But after a while, I believe it became a bother. Now they're having to adjust their lives and they're having to adjust the way they do things.
Philip:Listen, we have got to go. We're up against a hard break. Get this book. Get abundantlife.church. Thank you for being with me, Jeremiah. Let's do this again — we need to take more time with this.
Jeremiah Hosford:Yes, we need to take more time with this. Love you. God bless.
Philip:God bless. Love you too, sir. Bye-bye.
Common questions
How did Jeremiah Hosford first get the revelation about the glory returning to the church?
Hosford says it happened in the spring of 2021, during a period when he was grieved by the church's silence amid COVID, racial unrest, and civil turmoil. While seeking God ahead of a tent awakening, he felt God tell him that the church had learned to function and check every box without actually having the glory — and that God wanted his glory to return. Hosford describes the full revelation hitting his spirit in about five seconds, like a complete download.
What does Hosford mean when he says the church has ties to the 'house of Eli' that it needs to cut?
According to Hosford, the house of Eli represents two things: perversion and performance. He argues that when a church elevates people's gifting over God's glory — valuing how well someone can sing, preach, or pray above their character — it opens the door to moral compromise. He says God's glory will not rest in a house that operates that way, just as it didn't rest with Eli and his corrupt sons.
Why does Hosford say the church is afraid of being accused of being 'drunk,' and why does that matter?
Hosford draws a parallel between Hannah being accused of drunkenness by Eli when she was crying out to God, and the disciples being accused of drunkenness on the day of Pentecost. He argues that the church today is so concerned with its image and respectability that it is afraid of the same accusation — and that you cannot be afraid of that accusation and have genuine revival at the same time.
What is the 'house of Abinadab' and what warning does Hosford draw from it?
Hosford explains that the ark of God rested in the house of Abinadab for 20 years, yet the Bible records no blessing on that household — unlike Obed-Edom, who hosted the ark for three months and was blessed daily. Hosford believes Abinadab's household started out honored by the glory but eventually found it a bother, to the point where David later found the ark sitting in a field behind the house. The warning is that churches can start out welcoming God's glory but gradually treat it as an inconvenience when it requires them to change.
What practical steps does Hosford suggest for churches that want to prepare for a move of God?
Hosford's core call is for the church to be intentional — to actively seek God's glory rather than treating it as a good-luck charm to pull out in a crisis. He emphasizes severing ties with both the house of Eli (perversion and performance) and the house of Abinadab (treating the glory as a bother), and hosting the presence of God the way Obed-Edom did. His book, The Glory Returns, is presented as a practical guide pastors can use as a Bible-study textbook to pursue revival in their congregations.
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